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Apr 24 min

Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Unlikely Companions in the NPG’s Latest Exhibition

Portraits to Dream in brings prodigious artist Francesca Woodman and Victorian portraiture giant Julia Margaret Cameron, who worked a...

Jan 195 min

BOOK REVIEW: 'Thoroughly Modern: The Pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends' by Sarah Knights

A much-needed biography has finally been written on the brilliant Barbara Ker-Seymer. Ker-Seymer has often flown under the radar in...

Dec 21, 20233 min

Lee Miller: Dressed a review of a new exhibition at Brighton Museum

Brighton Museum’s current exhibition Lee Miller: Dressed fluidly covers the expansive nature of Miller’s life from the 1920s to the...

Dec 1, 20236 min

Women in Revolt! A photography review of the new Tate Britain exhibition

Exhibiting the work of over 100 artists, Women in Revolt! is an expansive tour of women’s activism in the UK from 1970-1990 through the...

Oct 11, 20235 min

Yevonde: Made by Women

A report on the National Portrait Gallery’s recent study day ‘Yevonde – an exploration’ Clare Freestone speaking in front of an image of...

Sep 5, 20207 min

Madame d’Ora’s Society Portraits

Over the years, the Sisters of the Lens team has added a great variety of photographs and postcards taken by Madame d’Ora (1881-1963) to...

Jul 31, 20206 min

'Die Bühne' in 1937: A Snapshot of Jewish History in Vienna

The Sisters of the Lens team recently acquired eleven issues (nos. 439-450) of Die Bühne from Bücher Ernst; an antiquarian bookshop on...